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Definition of "misandry" [mis•an•dry]

  • Hatred of men. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "misandry" in a sentence
  • "Culturally sanctioned misandry is beginning to cause discomfort."
  • "This same year MW had a list of new words that were added into the latest edition, many of the words were so obscure I could hardly find any use of the words at all … so I realized the omission of the word misandry was not an oversight."
  • "When it comes to slandering the opposite sex, women get away with much more; the relative obscurity of the word misandry speaks for itself."
Words like "misandry"
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man-hating